WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7344, 3 June 1885, Page 3

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[j?ROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.

Hamilton, Tuesday. ' Mr. W. A. Graham, Mayor of Hamilton, will visit Wellington during the session to endeavour to obtain from the Government, amongst other things, a fair allocation of reserves, to which the borough is entitled.

Yesterday a man named Henry Zeigler, a painter, and well know" at the Thames as, a hotelkeeper, at one time in good * oirouß)« stances, was charged at the Police) Court with being illegally on premises. It pears that Zeigler, ' who is a first-class tradesman, but a victim to drink, had been, some few weeks ago, found by the police on the empty premises of Mr,. Webber in a state of destitution, and had been relieved on a promise to work his way to Auckland to his family. He went up; country, however, and returning to Hamilton was found on Sunday night in the same old house in a miserable state. He had been there five days with little or no food, and taken to the police station near by abont midnight. A fire was mde, and warm cocoa poured down hi? throat, when he somewhat revived and was subsequently well cared for. Had the man pot been founq that night he would probably have perished, as the frost on Monday morning vu one. of the most intense felt, in Waikato. He waa dismissed on the promise that he would make bis way home to Auckland.

Allotment 413 Hamilton East, containing 150 acres, has been sat aside for purposes of secondary education, on application of . the Borough Council to the Under-Secretary for Education and with the consent of the Crown Lauds Department. This allotment will bp available as an assistance to the general fund for the Waikato High School, active steps for the establishment of which are being jointly taken by the several school committees of the district. Alexandra, Tuesday. A serious accident occurred a few days ago to a native boy, riding across the Alex-' andra bridge over the Waipa. The rotten planking gave way, and his horse falling, the boy's arm was broken and he was otherwise injured. The bridge is in so dilapidated a state that, in February l*st, Mr. Ballsnpa offered £100 on the part of the Government towards the repair of the bridge, doubtless eeling that its being carried away down stream might seriously affect the safety of the valuable Government bridges below at; Te Rore and Whatawhata. The state of the latter bridge requires seeing to. Between the wheelguard and the rails the soil If&fi accumulated until now there is a good crop of grass and clover from one end qf the bridge to the other. This will moijt certwfljp rot the planking of the bridge , if allowed to remain. '